Simply Being Dad - Harvey Andrews

Today you phoned to say hello

You couldn´t come, you had to go

See a friend, stay to tea

You thought you ought to just give me a call

Yes, you should have rung on Friday night

But just forgot, was that alright?

You knew that I would understand

I hadn´t got an evening planned at all

And there you go again

Making me count from one to ten

The hardest job I´ve had

Is simply being Dad

It´s not a role you learn to play

You improvise from day to day

The crowd who watch have all been there

And shuddered in that spotlight glare alone

You didn´t choose, you had no say

I picked you up along the way

And love can be a heavy load

To carry on that long, long road to home

And there you go again

Making me count from one to ten

The hardest job I´ve had

Is simply being Dad

You need space to dance and turn

I must show that fires burn

You make mistakes, learn from pain

Same mistakes you´ll make again next year

And sometimes do I care too much

Do we collide instead of touch

Do I provide a helping hand

Or do I hold you back or stand too near?

'Cause there you go again

Making me count from one to ten

The hardest job I´ve had

Is simply being Dad

So knuckle down and do your best

You´re in the race with all the rest

The hard ones make it all the way

The dreamers just wake up one day behind

When the sun is cold, the evening´s come

You´ve marched on to a different drum

I know I´ve said it all before

But much of life is like a war you´ll find

And there I go again

Making you count from one to ten

The hardest job you´ve had

Is simply having Dad

Yes, the hardest job you´ve had

Is simply having Dad